Land Of Hope And Glory Lyrics - James Reyne

From the clatter of a honky tonk 

To the quiet of the range 

Been thinking 'bout silence golden 

Golden silence change 

Burning nights get damper 

And only moon was cool 

And the steam of danger rose 

From a ripple less darkened pool 

Came to America, stopped out in the west 

I ain't no shot-gun rider, alligator on my chest 

A hot bed of indifference, a seed bed of so, so 

It's a push and shove, I said, "Lord above, what a way to go" 

Don't say that you love me 

Just say you might 

You keep holding on 

To things you think are right 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

Seen foreign soldiers 

Beach head army ducks 

Seen local farmers 

In their big red pick-up trucks 

Seen drug store cowboys 

Who could not find the range 

Seen pet boys in the city 

Who need a love so strange 

Don't say that you love me 

Just say you might 

You keep holding on 

To things you think are right 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

Well I've dined with big business 

And I stood for the toast 

Seen those screenplay writers 

In their big homes on the coast 

Stood in cathedrals 

And breathed hard at the sight 

I asked the same old questions 

Do I need this stuff tonight 

Don't say that you love me 

Just say you might 

You keep holding on 

To things you think are right 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 

Land of hope and glory" 

I said, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"